03/07/2023

Publications by NCRCRD

 

Bednarikova, Z. (2021). Mental health during pandemic. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2021/06/30/mental-health-during-pandemic/

Bednarikova, Z. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on the women’s unemployment rate in the North Central Region. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2022/05/20/impact-of-covid-19-on-the-womens-unemployment-rate-in-the-north-central-region/

 

Bednarikova, Z. (2022). NCR:Stat: Household health status in the North Central Region. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2022/09/19/household-health-status-in-the-north-central-regio/

 

Bednarikova, Z. (2022). Health insurance and health coverage plans in the North Central Region.https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2022/11/04/health-insurance-and-health-coverage-plans-in-the-north-central-region/

 

Wiatt, R. (2022). Exploring health insurance coverage in the North Central Region at the intersection of location, employment, gender, race, and ethnicity. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2022/12/05/exploring-health-insurance-coverage-in-the-north-central-region-at-the-intersection-of-location-employment-gender-race-and-ethnicity/

12/04/2023

11/04/2024

Carrillo-Siller, I. (2023, June 6). How COVID-19 Changed Workforce Participation Preferences in the North Central Region. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/09/18/how-covid-changed-workforce-preferences/

Armesto Gómez, A. (2023, September 18). Unraveling Local Living: A Peek into the Diverse Preferences of Family Households with and without Children­. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/09/18/unraveling-local-living/

Chowdhury, A. (2023, June 6). How Often do North Central Region Households Run Out of Food? North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/06/05/how-often-do-households-in-the-north-central-region-run-out-of-food/

Carrillo-Siller, I. (2023, June 6). Perception of Equal Employment Opportunities in Communities of the North Central Region. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/06/02/perception-of-equal-employment-opportunities-in-communities-of-the-north-central-region/

Bednarik, Z. (2023, April 17). How Happy Are People in the North Central Region? North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/04/17/how-happy-are-people-in-the-north-central-region/

Bednarik, Z. (2023, February 22). Community Awareness of Substance Use Disorder Programs in the North Central Region. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/02/22/community-awareness-of-substance-use-disorder-programs-in-the-north-central-region/

Bednarik, Z. and Wiatt, R. D. (2023, January 12). Who Cannot Afford to Pay Medical Bills in the North Central Region? North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/01/12/who-cannot-afford-to-pay-medical-bills-in-the-north-central-region/

 

Webinars

An Introduction to NCR-Stat – the Free Household Dataset (12/7/22)

Presenters: Maria I. Marshall, Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD); Professor and James and Lois Ackerman Endowed Chair in Agricultural Economics, Purdue University and Zuzana Bednarikova, Research and Extension Specialist, NCRCRD

 Supporting Rural Grocery Stores Across the North Central Region (11/7/22)

Presenters: Lisa Bates, Interim Assistant Director and Field Specialist, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Community and Economic Development; Greg Schweser, Director of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, UMN Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships; and Rial Carver, Program Leader, Rural Grocery Initiative, K-State Research and Extension

Health Care Access Among Self-Employed Workers in Nonmetropolitan Counties (10/12/22)

Presenters: Elizabeth Dobis, Research Agricultural Economist, Rural Economy Branch, Resource and Rural Economics Division, USDA Economic Research Service and Jessica E. Todd, Agricultural Economist, Food Assistance Branch, Food Economics Division, USDA Economic Research Service

Federal Programs for Rural Entrepreneurs in the North Central Region (9/22/22)

Presenters: Alan Haut, North Dakota District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration; Randy Monhemius, Business Program Specialist, USDA- Rural Development, Ohio; Eric Ness, Wisconsin District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration; and Joan Scheel, Business Programs Director, USDA – Rural Development, Nebraska

How We Work Together: Supporting Local/Regional Food Systems through Collaboration (8/30/22)

Presenter: Lindsey Scalera, Community Food Systems Collaboration Specialist, Center for Regional Food Systems, Michigan State University

Moving Rural Communities FORWARD: Future Opportunities for Rural Workforce and Rural Development through Extension (5/24/22)

Presenters: Tanya Hall, Community Development Regional Extension Educator, Purdue University; Sheila Martin, Strategic Advisor for Economic and Community Engagement, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities; and Michael D. Wilcox, Jr., Assistant Director & Program Leader for Community Development-Purdue Extension, Associate Director-North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD), Community & Regional Economics Specialist-Purdue University Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Senior Associate-Purdue Center for Regional Development

12/12/2025

Publications

Wiatt, R., M.I. Marshall, and Y.G. Lee. 2024. Love of Work or Love and Work: Does Small Business Owners Compulsion to Work Payoff? Journal of Family and Economic Issues. 45(4): 925-938. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09949-9

Malone, Jr., D. (2025, July). Partners in Business, Partners in Life: A Snapshot of Couple Businesses in the North Central Region. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.359031

Wiatt, R. D. (2025, July). Trends for Rural Small Businesses in the North Central Region: Owner and Small Business Demographics. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.3592223

Bednarik, Z., and Unay‐Gailhard, İ. (2025). Who Stays in Rural Areas? Understanding Gender Differences in Location Decisions Among Millennials in the United States. Population, Space and Place: Volume 31 (Issue 6). https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70076

Pojman, E., Becot, F., Bednarik, Z. and Henning-Smith, C. (2025). Does Caregiver Well-Being Differ by Rurality and State Policy Environment? Identifying a Well-Being Typology for Rural, Suburban, and Urban Caregivers. Rural Sociology 9 (3). https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.70015

Yeganeh, A., M. Marshall, and N. Durst. 2025. Aerial Imagery-Derived Dataset of Manufactured Housing Communities in the North Central United States. Scientific Data, 12, 1515. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05875-z

Webinars

Bednarik, Z., Marshall, M., & Green, J. (2025, May 9).  Regional Pulse: Insights from the 2024 multi-region household surveys [Webinar]. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development.

University of Minnesota Tourism Center. (2025). Outdoor Recreation Dashboard. University of Minnesota Extension. https://prayash106.shinyapps.io/dashboard/

Conference Presentations

Bednarik, Z. (2025, June 10). NCR-Stat: Datasets: Empowering Cross-Regional Research and Extension in Community Development. [Conference presentation]. National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals 2025 Annual Conference, Charleston, WV.

Pojman, E., Becot, F., Bednarik, Z., and Henning-Smith, C. (2025) Does caregiver well-being differ by rurality and state policy environment? Identifying a well-being typology for rural, suburban, and urban caregivers. [Conference presentation]. Rural Sociology Society Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

Southard, E. and Becot, F. (2025) Caregiving Along the Life Course Among Farming Households. [Conference presentation]. Rural Sociological Society Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

Mukembo, S.C., Nabisaalu, J.K., and Marshall, M.I. Trust and community embeddedness: Entrepreneur’s wellbeing as a pathway to small business financial performance in the North Central Region of the United States. [Conference presentation]. USASBE 2025.

Marshall, M.I., R.D. Wiatt, and Y.G. Lee. Planning to Exit: A Cross-Racial Analysis of Small Business Owner Decision-Making. [Conference presentation]. SBI, New Orleans April 2025

09/21/2026

Data Products

Mindes, S.; Bednarik, Z.; Mori, S. (2026). North Central Region Household Data. NCR-Stat: Housing and Food Security Survey [Dataset]. Purdue University Research Repository. doi:10.4231/ZAVR-CE69

 Publications

Bednarik, Z., Katare, B., & Lee, J.-M. The role of trust and locus of control on gender differences in well-being among small business owners. Small Business Economics. In Review.

 Bednarik, Z. (2026, January). What makes rural entrepreneurs stay? Social and economic characteristics of in-migrants and locals. Research Brief. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.388969

 Kontor-Manu, E., Marshall, M.I., Wiatt, R., & Feng, Y. (2026). Impacts of the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rules, exemptions, and behavioral insights among small-scale produce growers. Journal of Agriculture, Food System and Community Development, 15(3), 1-23. 

 Langenhoven, P., Marshall, M.I., Shoaf, N., & Wiatt, R. (2025 August 8). From soil to market: How integrated decision-making drives vegetable production success. Vegetable Crops Hotline, 759. Available at:  https://vegcropshotline.org/article/understanding-farm-decision-making-insights-from-the-2024-2025-producer-survey-5/

 Lee, J., Park, J., Heo, W., & Jung, S. (2025). A novel approach to online review analysis: Integrating theory of planned behavior and machine learning techniques. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 37(7), 2448–2468. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-09-2024-1421

 Lee, Y., Jasper, C., Wiatt, R., & Cheang, M. (under review). Juggling it all: Work-family boundary interface and business performance of women business owners. International Journal of Family Business and Regional Development. 

 Marshall, M.I., Lee, Y., & Wiatt, R.D. (April 2026). More than money: Socioemotional wealth, rurality, and small business owner exit intentions. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 

 Marshall, M.I., & Wiatt, R. (2025 September 5). Mixed messages: Why small farmers choose pragmatism over marketing. Vegetable Crops Hotline, 761. Available at:  https://vegcropshotline.org/article/understanding-farm-decision-making-insights-from-the-2024-2025-producer-survey-6/

 Wiatt, R., & Marshall, M.I. (2025 July 25). Succession, family and success: Differences across farm size and farm type. Vegetable Crops Hotline, 758. Available at:  https://vegcropshotline.org/article/understanding-farm-decision-making-insights-from-the-2024-2025-producer-survey-4/

 Wiatt, R.D. (2026, March). Small Business Owner Succession and Exit Intentions: North Central Region Analysis. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Story Behind the Numbers. https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.396377

 Wiatt, R.D. (2025 Dec 16) Rural Small Businesses in the North Central Region: Workforce Development. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Story Behind the Numbers. https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.383710.

Webinars

Housing and Food Security in the North Central Region: Evidence from the 2026 NCR-Stat Survey (8/25/26)
Measuring What Matters: Linking Community Assets, Vitality, and Well-Being (5/13/26)

Food Security, Access, and Health Outcomes in Rural America: Challenges and Policy Pathways (11/19/25)

Conference Presentations

Bednarik, Z. (2025, November 11-14). The Role of Self-Employed Migrants in Rural Job Creation: Evidence from Three U.S. Regions. [Conference presentation]. Regional Science Association International 2025 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Bednarik, Z., & Marshall, M.I. (2025, December 3 & 5). Using NCR-Stat Datasets to Strengthen Research and Extension in Community Development. [Virtual conference presentation]. Purdue Extension Professional Development Conference 2025. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Marshall, M.I., & Bednarik, Z. (2025, November 11-14). Embedded resilience: How social relationships sustain small businesses in crisis [Pre-conference workshop presentation]. Rural Livability Pre-conference Workshop, Regional Science Association International 2025 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Marshall, M.I., R.D. Wiatt, and Y.G. Lee. The Tangled Worlds of Love and Labor: Spousal Compensation in Copreneurial Firms. SBI, Fort Myers, FL. April 2026.

Lee, Y.G., M.I. Marshall, and R. Wiatt. Preserving Family Legacy: BIPOC Perspectives of Small Business Succession Planning. ACCI, Long Beach, CA. April 2026.

Marshall, M.I., R. Wiatt, and Y.G. Lee. Childcare Responsibilities, Gender, and Financial Stress Among Small Business Owners. WFRN, Montreal, Canada. June 2026.

Marshall, M.I., R.D. Wiatt, and Y.G. Lee. Pay Me What I’m Worth: Copreneurs and Spousal Compensation in U.S. Small Businesses. WFRN, Montreal, Canada. June 2026.